Enrollment history
Compare schools →-125 students since 2016-17-14.7%
| Placement season | Students | Yearly change |
|---|---|---|
| 2016-17 | 852 | — |
| 2017-18 | 830 | -22 |
| 2018-19 | 802 | -28 |
| 2019-20 | 873 | +71 |
| 2020-21 | 826 | -47 |
| 2021-22 | 810 | -16 |
| 2022-23 | 786 | -24 |
| 2023-24 | 801 | +15 |
| 2024-25 | 762 | -39 |
| 2025-26 | 755 | -7 |
| 2026-27 | 727 | -28 |
Compiled by Ewert Sports from WIAA team pages and WIAA placement reports. These are WIAA enrollment figures, not district-wide enrollment or a division calculation. Missing years are not estimated; co-op totals and sport-specific counts are kept separate.
District enrollment · 2005–2025
Wisconsin DPICertified total enrollment for Merrill High, published by the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction. This is not the WIAA placement figure above — WIAA counts on its own date and, for many sports, over a subset of grades. The two are kept separate and are not comparable year to year.
-452 students since 2005-06-38.2%
All 21 years
| School year | Students | Counted over |
|---|---|---|
| 2005-06 | 1,182 | High School |
| 2006-07 | 1,166 | High School |
| 2007-08 | 1,118 | High School |
| 2008-09 | 1,142 | High School |
| 2009-10 | 1,109 | High School |
| 2010-11 | 1,092 | High School |
| 2011-12 | 1,056 | High School |
| 2012-13 | 1,014 | High School |
| 2013-14 | 948 | High School |
| 2014-15 | 884 | High School |
| 2015-16 | 855 | High School |
| 2016-17 | 832 | High School |
| 2017-18 | 803 | High School |
| 2018-19 | 850 | High School |
| 2019-20 | 826 | High School |
| 2020-21 | 814 | High School |
| 2021-22 | 794 | High School |
| 2022-23 | 803 | High School |
| 2023-24 | 795 | High School |
| 2024-25 | 756 | High School |
| 2025-26 | 730 | High School |
Source: DPI certified enrollment downloads. Each year is taken from its own published file, and the file’s checksum is stored with the record. Latest source file ↗
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